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Company: Cablevision Systems Corporation
Current Parent Company: Altice USA Inc.
Penalty: $4,750,000
Year: 2019
Date: August 21, 2019
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Cablevision agreed to provide free services and pay $4.75 million in legal costs to settle litigation alleging it improperly denied cable customers access to Fox channels during a contract dispute with News Corp.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Eastern District of New York
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 2:10cv4992
Case Name: Pearlman et al v. Cablevision Systems Corporation
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Specific Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
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